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New Nurse
For Infirmary
(See Page 2)
PROSCRIPT
Second-class po!'lage
paid at Richmond. Va.
Vol. 44-No. 4
RICHMOND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE
Richmond, Va., Friday, October 1], 1963
Published weekly (during tJH~
school year) except during holi­duy
and examina.tlon periods.
Tel. 353-2711
Basketball
Tryouts Begin
(See Page 3)
Queen Candidates Will be NOIllinated
3 of 4 Here
Rate RPI
As Tops
Survey Reflects
Views of School
By Randolph Goode
Three out of four Richmonders
who attended RPr rate the school
and its faculty as excellent or
good, according to a survey COIl­ducted
by the School of Social Sci­ence.
Of every Ihl'ee Richmond resi­dents
Wl10 did not attend RPI, two
rate tI~ SCll?O) and faculty as
being good 01' excellent.
These are among the principal
findings of the survey, which was
conducted last ]"lay by 51 students.
Each Class Will Choose 3
To Tl'Y for Openings Crown
Candidates from aJl foul- classes wi]] be selected Thursday eve­ning
to vie for the honor of being chosen Harvest Queen of the Open­ings
dance. Billy Butterfield's Orchestra wi)] play for the festivity.
Buttel'field's recording on Colum.
bia records, "Big Golden Trum-j
pet," is currentJy Jisted in the top
25 in the nation.
Three gil'ls from each class will
be chosen as candidates at class
meetings this Thursday. The queen
will be chosen from these 12 by a
vote of Ihose who atleJ1d the dance.
Tickets for lhe dance will cost $4
per couple without a Dance club
card. Dance cJub cards cost $8,
including $2 class dues. They will
cost $6 if the dues have been
payed.
They interviewed 507 persons. EVERY DOG )f:\S iTS D.4.Y, and this is one in a series ~~~.e(.V:I~;~::
A summary of the survey find- popular pooch on campus. Walter is a BMOC (Big. J\Iongrel all Cam­ings
concludes that "there is a pus) and is here bein~ petted by Drama major Sam Assaid. Waite}' is
very real need fOl' more and better one of those things that belongs 10 us al l. So exhausting is his labor
pubJic relations" at RPT. It goes of love, his friendliness 10 the fTiendless, 1hat Walter rests a ll day Jong
on to state that "those who lmow on Shafer st. Irs a dog's world.
The Dance club tickets cover
tl1l'ee SGA dances: Openings (the
Harvest Ball), Mid-\vinlel's in Feb­ruary
and the May Dance. One
Dance club card covers an dances.
and the cards may be purchased
in the Rotunda or in class meet·
illgs.
Cal)taill William Anderson
Forme.' Nautilus Skipper
RPI best have much mor'e favor- ________________________ _
Paulette McCaJJ, Fashion 111us­tration,
Roano]<e, is in charge of
tile dance, and has l'epOl'ted that
an committees wilh the exception
of the c1ean-up committee met dur.
ing the past week to discuss plans
for the festivity.
Former Cap't.
Of Nuclear Sub
Speai{s Tonight
able opinions than those who have
had little or no direct contact with
tIle school."
The intel'vie\\is w{'re conducted
by studenl s of the SchOOl of Social
Work and supel'vised by 1VI1's. Lois
Washer, associate professor of Rec­reation
Leadership and Dr. Wil­liam
GulJey, associate professor of
~oc i ology, and directed by M. L,
Farley.
Experience Was PUI")JOlSe
A spokesman fOl' Ihe school em·
phasized that the primary purpose
of the in1el'views· was to give the
students experience in conducting
interviews. "Secondary purposes
were to find out what people
1hought about RPI and to give cor­rect
infOl'mation about. HPI when
doing so seemed appropriate,"
says the survey summary shee1
made public by Mrs. Washer in
response to questions.
The summary sheet goes on 10
say: " Tn selecting respondenls,
each student tried to get a cross
section of the public as to age. sex,
educal ion and occupal ion. As many
of the 10 (interviews by each of
the 51 students) as possible wel'e
to be with persons not previously
known by Ihe student. Most of
these interviews were from 20 to
45 minutes long and were of a con­versational
)'aUler than question-answel'
type. " .
Of the 507 persons interviewed,
answel'S of 21 were thrown out
because they knew nothing of
RPI's e:xistence.
The totaJ or 486 replies tabulated
(Continued on Page 4)
Seniors Plan Picnic
The Seniol' class is planni ng a
first in Senior priviJeges. On Thurs­day,
October 17, they will be ex­cused
h"Om classes at 1 p.m. to
attend a Senior Day picnic at Beau­font
Springs.
Cars wiH be waiting on Shafer
st. at 2 p.m. ·to take the seniors.
The picnic, which wjl] feature a
combo and last until 11 p.m. , wi1l
be prepared by a catering service.
It is limited to seniors who have
paid their class dues, and cost for
the affair is 50 cents, payable in
advance in the Rotunda. '
Dormitory students may wear
sJacks and have free ]2 :30 Jates.
Ten Fail to Make Grade
On SGA Rules Tests Calhy Canady. Commercial Al't The first man to pHot a ship
Approximately one-fourth of the senators and representalives on major from Alexandria, is in across the Arctic ocean and un­students
taking the Student Gov- different facets of the SGA con. charge of decorations. These will del' the ice of the North Pole wHI
·e)'nment Association test failed it. stifution, including new amend- be chosen 10 compliment the theme speak here tonight.
Of a combined total of 38 mem- ments. "Autumn Mist," and wi1l be kept Captain William Anderson, r e-bel'S
from the house of represen- Six true and false quest ions and secret until the dance. She said tired skippel' of the nuclear sub­tatives
and Ule senale, 10 failed 14 completion questions composed that construction on some of the marine Nautilus, will be in the
to mal{e a grade higher than 75. the test. The quiz was written by decorations has already begun. gymnasium at 8 o'clock as one of
This is a marked increase of fail- Thompson and given at 1he house Final preparations and decorating Ihe guest speakers sponsored by
e I t 'f' Th 'J k . J tile student activities commil1ee.
ures ov r as year s Igul'es. en and senate meetings last week. 'dVa'nlceta. °e place the mOl'nmg of t le After his graduation from the
33 passed and [our failed. Those fail ing the test were Naval Acadelny ,'n ]942, Captain
The high score- 99 and two- CI . f I f I ~
t hirds- was copped by a member given a retest Monday evening lan'man a t le re res 1I11ent Anderson entered submarine serv-of
the senate. The low score of prior to the regu larly scheduled committee is Alois AJfOl'd, Fashion ice and performed combat duty in
54 was registered by a representa. senate meeting. Dlustration, Richmond. Alois said the PaCific, where he was com.
live from the house of repl'esen- If a represent~tive fails the l'e· that refreshments have bee n manding officer of a conventional
tatives. test, he is asl<ed to resign, and a planned. attack submarine.
One member of the senate, the new representative is duly elected Openings is sponsored jointly by FoJlowing his tour of duty On the
president ·of the Junior class, did by his class or club. the Sophomore class and the Stu- Nautilus, which began in 1957, Cap-not
pass the test. SGA tests are administered at dent Government Association. It tain Anderson served three years
In the house of representatives, the beginning of every year by the '¥ill be heJd from 9 p.m. untiJ mid- in Washington on the sta ff of Vice
six delegates failed to pass. They SGA president. SGA executive of. night in the baJlroom of the I Admiral Rickov€l' and as aid to
represented: the Fine Arts club, (jcers are {'xempt from the test. Mosque, Saturday, November 16. the secretary of the Navy.
tbe Gel'man club, the Hillel Foun­dation
(alternate representative),
Phi Beta Lambda, the Young Re­pUblican
clUb, RitLOr - Hickock
Dormitory (alternate), 9]3 \v.
Franklin Slreet Dormitory and 922
\V. Franklin Street Dormitory (al­ternate).
The test itself was are-revised
edition of a test origina])y insti­tuted
by the SGA executive coun·
ciJ in the school year 1960-61. It
involves questions testing student
Degree Candidates
Must Apply Soon
Candidates for degrees and eel'·
tificates in Business l11ust turn in
their completed application no later
than Octobel' 15 at the School of
Business office, Gym 13.
Each candidate who expects to
graduate in either February or
June should pay his graduation fee
of $12 in the cashier's office.
Application forms are available
in the Registrar's office.
The forms must be turned in to
the School of Business office by Oc­tober
15 so faculty advisers may
check each candidate's record be­fore
the November 1 deadline of
the Registrar's office.
$20,000 Budget
Student Activities Committee Hopes
To Win Approval for Year's Budget
A budget in excess of $20,000
was submitted to President Oliver
for considel'ation and approval by
the student activities r.ommittee
last week.
The eight members of the facu11y
and administration and three slu­dent
committee members also up·
proved and scheduled two events
for the celebrity sel'ies which
brings name lecturers and enter­tainers
to the campus.
The budget provides a]]ocations
to numerous student publications,
activities and special events such
as the celebrity series. Student
activities al'e supported by a stu­dent
activit ies fee which was
started here by t.he Student Gov­ernment
Association in May, 1960.
Every fun-time student pays a fee
of $5 which is included in the tui­tion
for each semester.
In addition to Captain \VilJiam
Anderson, retired shipper of the
Nautilus submarine, who wjJl
speak at 8 o'clock tonight in the
gymnaSium , Cornelia Otis Skinner,
actress and author and Mendel
Peterson, curator of the Smithson­ian
Institute, will also speak here.
}\'fiss Skinner, who is particu­Jarly
noted for her - monologues,
will present "Modern Character
Sketches" Saturday, December 7.
Peterson will appear March 13
as the th ird feature of the celeb­r
ity series. The committee has
not decided on the fourth event.
The student activities fund
helps support such activities as
the college yearbook, the Cobble­stone;
the literary magazine, the
Image; concerts and lectures and
other cultural, socia l and educa­tional
opportunities on and off the
college campus. A11ocations also
include dramatic productions, ath_
letics, the SGA and the Film So­ciety.
Committee members from the
faculty and administration a re:
Richard E. MacDougaJJ, . acting
dean of students, committee chair­man;
'William J. Cosby, auditor;
Thomas R. Long, assistant profe-s­SOl'
of Dramatic Art; C. Thomas
HolJoway, acting dean of men and
aSSistant professor or Dramatic
Art; Miss Nancy Alexander, assis­tant
professor oC Physical Educa­tion;
Dr. Donald B. Tennant, pro­fessor
of Music; Leon Be])jn, as­sistant
pl'ofessor of Commercial
Art, and J . Terry Morrison, lIS­sistant
professor of Chemistry.
Student committee members are
Ronald Oakley, Senior Business
Management major and managing
editor of the Image; Annette Mes­sick,
Juniol' Applied Science ma­jor
and editor of the Cobblestone,
and H. Russell Thompson, Senior
Business major and president of
SGA.

Published by the students of the Richmond Professional Institute, College of William and Mary (1940-1947); The Richmond Professional Institute and Virginia Polytechnic Institute cooperating (1947-1955); Richmond Professional Institute of the Colege of William and Mary <1955-1962>; Richmond Professional Institute, Sept. 21, 1962-May 24, 1968; Virginia Commonwealth University, Sept. 20, 1968-May 23, 1969.

New Nurse
For Infirmary
(See Page 2)
PROSCRIPT
Second-class po!'lage
paid at Richmond. Va.
Vol. 44-No. 4
RICHMOND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE
Richmond, Va., Friday, October 1], 1963
Published weekly (during tJH~
school year) except during holi­duy
and examina.tlon periods.
Tel. 353-2711
Basketball
Tryouts Begin
(See Page 3)
Queen Candidates Will be NOIllinated
3 of 4 Here
Rate RPI
As Tops
Survey Reflects
Views of School
By Randolph Goode
Three out of four Richmonders
who attended RPr rate the school
and its faculty as excellent or
good, according to a survey COIl­ducted
by the School of Social Sci­ence.
Of every Ihl'ee Richmond resi­dents
Wl10 did not attend RPI, two
rate tI~ SCll?O) and faculty as
being good 01' excellent.
These are among the principal
findings of the survey, which was
conducted last ]"lay by 51 students.
Each Class Will Choose 3
To Tl'Y for Openings Crown
Candidates from aJl foul- classes wi]] be selected Thursday eve­ning
to vie for the honor of being chosen Harvest Queen of the Open­ings
dance. Billy Butterfield's Orchestra wi)] play for the festivity.
Buttel'field's recording on Colum.
bia records, "Big Golden Trum-j
pet" is currentJy Jisted in the top
25 in the nation.
Three gil'ls from each class will
be chosen as candidates at class
meetings this Thursday. The queen
will be chosen from these 12 by a
vote of Ihose who atleJ1d the dance.
Tickets for lhe dance will cost $4
per couple without a Dance club
card. Dance cJub cards cost $8,
including $2 class dues. They will
cost $6 if the dues have been
payed.
They interviewed 507 persons. EVERY DOG )f:\S iTS D.4.Y, and this is one in a series ~~~.e(.V:I~;~::
A summary of the survey find- popular pooch on campus. Walter is a BMOC (Big. J\Iongrel all Cam­ings
concludes that "there is a pus) and is here bein~ petted by Drama major Sam Assaid. Waite}' is
very real need fOl' more and better one of those things that belongs 10 us al l. So exhausting is his labor
pubJic relations" at RPT. It goes of love, his friendliness 10 the fTiendless, 1hat Walter rests a ll day Jong
on to state that "those who lmow on Shafer st. Irs a dog's world.
The Dance club tickets cover
tl1l'ee SGA dances: Openings (the
Harvest Ball), Mid-\vinlel's in Feb­ruary
and the May Dance. One
Dance club card covers an dances.
and the cards may be purchased
in the Rotunda or in class meet·
illgs.
Cal)taill William Anderson
Forme.' Nautilus Skipper
RPI best have much mor'e favor- ________________________ _
Paulette McCaJJ, Fashion 111us­tration,
Roano]